Quotes About Attitude

When Spinoza in the seventeenth century used the word reason, he meant an attitude toward life in which the mind united the emotions with the ethical goals and other aspects of the "whole man." When people today use the term they almost

in this type of anxiety neurosis the anxious attitude is so intimately a part of the individual's method of evaluating stimuli, of orienting herself or himself to every experience, that he or she cannot separate him-or herself enough from anxiety to comprehend the goal of avoidance of, or freedom from, anxiety. What Nancy sought was to be able to step cautiously from rock to rock without falling; the idea or possibility of not being on a precipice at all did not occur to her.

This remark merely illustrates an attitude which runs through our society: so many people judge the value of their actions not on the basis of the action itself, but on the basis of how the action is accepted.

I don't like people who mistake their private neurosis for a philosophical outlook.

L'ironia è una dichiarazione di dignità. È l'affermazione della superiorità dell'essere umano su quello che gli capita.

It's a bad break, staying so young at heart.

C'est horrible de vivre une époque ou au mot sentiment, on vous répond sentimentalisme. Il faudra bien pourtant qu'un jour vienne où l'affectivité sera reconnue comme le plus grand des sentiments et rejettera l'intellect dominateur.

As you know, when an American sees another driving a Cadillac, he says to himself: 'One day I too will drive a Cadillac.' But when a Frenchman feels intimidated by someone else's car, he says: 'Why can't the bum drive a jalopy, like everyone else?

Il lui servit une dose maison de ce vieil optimisme américain, qu'ils ont en Europe.

Well, anyhow, he thought, the French say that bad temper and stubbornness make one live longer, so I may still be around for a while...

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.

Il faut savoir allier le pessimisme de l´intelligence à l´optimisme de la volonté.

His most famous lines became popular expressions in Mexico. He would say, "Usted no se despreocupe"—"Don't un-worry yourself." And my favorite: "Ni modo chato!"—"No worries, dude!

Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can mention. I go out there thinking that I'm going to complete every pass.

I'm thankful to be breathing, on this side of the grass. Whatever comes, comes.

Interpret the new situation in the best light.

Integrity is the key to understanding legal practice. Law's empire is defined by attitude, not territory or power or process.

That was the way he had lived his whole life. To him things were simple. You reached out and took, and if you felt like it, you gave, with the intensity you wanted to give with.

Table 2.1. Percentage saying "Most people can be trusted" Cultural Zone % N Protestant Europe 61 (20,530) Confucian 46 (7,736) English-speaking 42 (10,533) Baltic 31 (4,147) Catholic Europe 28 (22,284) South Asia 25 (10,646) Orthodox 19 (21,321) Islamic 18 (28,990) Sub-Saharan Africa 15 (16,865) Latin America 11 (17,177) Total (160,229) Source: Latest available survey for each country in the Values Surveys. Weber predicted

Women, you have to treat them like shit," Trump said in a 1992 New York magazine interview. Evidence suggests he has maintained that philosophy.

You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them," publisher Malcolm S. Forbes once said. In Hillary Clinton's case, because she is so nasty to agents and hostile toward law enforcement officers and military officers in general, agents consider being assigned to her detail a form of punishment. In fact, agents say being on Hillary Clinton's detail is the worst duty assignment in the Secret Service.

Be enthusiastic. Remember the placebo effect — 30% of medicine is showbiz.

My mother says often enough that a young lady with my improper attitude can only come to ruin. I hope she's right.

We had the skirts with the slits up the side, sort of tough, sort of Spanish Harlem cool, but sweet too.